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Police: 4-year-old finds gun in car, shoots self

News

May 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in Des Moines say a 4-year-old boy is recovering from a gunshot wound after picking up a gun he found inside his parents’ vehicle. Television station KCCI reports that the shooting happened Wednesday afternoon on the southeast end of the city. Sgt. Paul Parizek says the child was unattended in the vehicle when he found the handgun and began playing with it. The gun fired, hitting the child in the shoulder.

Police say the boy is in stable condition and is expected to recover. Investigators say the gun belongs to the child’s parents. Police have not said whether charges will be filed.

(Update) Both Trump and Biden to be in Iowa on same day — June 11th

News

May 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — President Trump and former Vice President Biden plan to be campaigning in Iowa on the same day next monthIowa Republican Party officials confirm Trump is to speak at a PRIVATE fundraiser for the state party on June 11th. The event will be held in West Des Moines.

Politico reports Biden is planning to be in Iowa on the same day, and will be here June 12th as well. Biden’s trip will come a couple of days AFTER the Iowa Democratic Party fundraiser in Cedar Rapids featuring 17 other candidates seeking the party’s 2020 presidential nomination.

2 arrested in Glenwood, car hit building – no injuries

News

May 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Police in Glenwood report two recent arrests. Taken into custody this (Thursday) morning, was 35-year old Travis Long, of Council Bluffs. Long was arrested for a Controlled Substance Violation, and on a Pottawattamie County warrant. Total cash/surety bond was set at $27,000. And, on Wednesday, 25-year old Cyril Ngala, of Bellevue, NE., was arrested in Glenwood on a Mills County warrant for Wanton neglect of a health care resident. His cash/surety bond was set at $2,000.

And, Glenwood Police said no injuries were reported following an accident whereby a car struck a building Wed. afternoon at 428 1st Street. Authorities say 91-year old Frances Louise Rainey, of Glenwood, was attempting to park her 2007 Lincoln MKZ in a parking stall, when she accidentally pushed the accelerator pedal instead of the brake. The car jumped a curb and struck a realty business. The building, owned by Mike Hopp, sustained an estimated $1,500 damage. Damage to the car was estimated at $1,500.

Nine arrested in prostitution sting in Clear Lake

News

May 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — Clear Lake police have arrested seven men and two women on charges related to solicitation of prostitution. Police Captain Mike Colby says investigators and officers conducted a sting operation in Clear Lake on Wednesday focusing on human trafficking and prostitution. The seven males were all charged with soliciting prostitution:
61-year-old Steven Menke of Bancroft
55-year-old Brian Cole of Nashua
47-year-old Chad Sovanski of Milan, Illinois
65-year-old Phillip Bishop of Mason City
48-year-old Brian Bruton of Charles City
48-year-old Scott Biernbaum, who lists dual residences of Clear Lake and Lincoln, Nebraska
42-year-old Jeramie Hagen of Crystal Lake, who was also charged with delivery of a controlled substance

The two women, 25-year-old Mallory Wiese of Mason City and 22-year-old Ashley Kelly of Midland, Alabama, were charged with prostitution. All nine were booked into the Cerro Gordo County Jail. Wiese and Kelly remain in jail this (Thursday) morning on $2000 bond. Colby says the goal of the operation was to identify people who were involved in this type of criminal conduct, and they wanted to take a stance against human trafficking and to show that there will be zero tolerance for such activities in the area.

GENEVIEVE H. SCHEURING, 95, of Harlan (& formerly of Defiance) – Mass of Christian Burial 6/3/19

Obituaries

May 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

GENEVIEVE H. SCHEURING, 95, of Harlan (& formerly of Defiance), died Thursday, May 30th, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community, in Harlan. A Mass of Christian Burial for GENEVIEVE SCHEURING will be held 10:30-a.m. Monday, June 3rd, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home, in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is on Sunday, June 2nd, from 3-until 9-p.m., with the family greeting friends from 6-until 8-p.m. A Wake service will be held 7-p.m. Sunday, at the funeral home.

Burial is in the Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery.

GENEVIEVE SCHEURING is survived by:

Her sons – Jim (Cindy) Scheuring, of Defiance; Chuck (Darla) Scheuring, of Council Bluffs, and Dale (Lisa) Scheuring, of Defiance.

Her daughters – Alice (Jim) Huber, of Omaha; Kathy (Mike) King, of New Ulm, MN, and Jane Scheuring, of Fremont, NE.

Her sister – Agnes Retz, of Olathe, KS.

10 grandchildren, and 9 great-grandchildren.

Pott. County Sheriff’s report (5/30)

News

May 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

A Sheriff’s Deputy in Pottawattamie County who was dispatched at around 12:30-a.m. today (Thursday) to a residence in rural Council Bluffs, arrested a man on two charges. 35-year old Mathew Allen Kochen, of Plattsmouth, NE., was arrested for Violation of a No Contact Order, Domestic Abuse Assault with a weapon, 1st offense, Criminal Trespass and Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order – Contempt of Court. Kochen was being held in the Pott. County Jail.

And, 25-year old Henry Thomas Beadle, of Council Bluffs, turned himself-in to the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office late Wednesday morning. Beadle was wanted on a warrant for Violation of a No Contact Order – Contempt of Court. He was transported to the Pott. County Jail and turned over to Corrections Staff.

(Podcast) KJAN 8-a.m. News, 5/30/19

News, Podcasts

May 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

More State and area news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Heartbeat Today 5-30-2019

Ag/Outdoor, Heartbeat Today, Podcasts

May 30th, 2019 by Jim Field

Jim Field visits with Park Manager Josh Peach about the Kids Fishing Event on Saturday at Lake Anita State Park.

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Group in Iowa to tout merit-based immigration changes

News

May 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — The former director of the Congressional Budget Office says changes in federal immigration policy should aim to ease the U.S. labor shortage. During remarks in Iowa yesterday (Wednesday), Douglas Holtz-Eakin said without new immigrants, the U.S. population will decline.

“The native born population doesn’t have enough babies to keep us even the current size,” he says. “If we literally shut the borders, the United States would shrink. It would get older, smaller, be less vital, the economy would less powerful and our capacity to influence world affairs would be more limited.”

Holtz-Eakin, who also served as an economic advisor to President George Bush, is now president of a Washington, D.C.-based group called the American Action Forum. He and his group are touting a plan similar to the merit-based immigration changes President Trump proposed earlier this month. It calls for using a “point system” to determine who may enter the U.S.

“This should change the debate about immigration from what divides us to the thing we all have in common,” Holtz-Eakin says. “We all want to have a more vibrant economy. We all benefit from having a more vibrant economy. Let’s build a new immigrant system that supports a vibrant economy.”

Jacqueline is the American Action Fund’s immigration policy director. Varas says her group’s proposal would help ensure immigrants would be productive workers. “We crafted it in a way that would capture both the high-skilled individuals with lots of education and English language ability,” she says, “and then also the individuals that are in trades, with lower skills as defined by education, but consistent work experience.”

Varas says the current immigration system is primarily “an avenue to bring families together” and should, instead, be geared to primarily benefit the overall economy.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning Sports report, 5/30/19

Podcasts, Sports

May 30th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.

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